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A COVID-19 vaccine might:
- Prevent you from getting COVID-19 or from becoming seriously ill or dying of COVID-19.
- Prevent you from spreading the COVID-19 virus to others.
- Add to the number of people in the community who are protected from getting COVID-19.
- Prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreading and replicating, which allows it to mutate and possibly become more resistant to vaccines.
More about why you should get vaccinated.
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